Here Comes Tomorrow

Attended a four-way video conference for case management this morning. For those of who don't know, the Sarawak Courts are the most technologically advanced in the region. This morning's case involved the Judge (Yew J) in Sibu, Plaintiff's lawyer (H Ling) in Bintulu, the 2nd Defendant's lawyer (M Sandhu) in Miri and I was holding a watching brief for the deceased 1st Defendant.

In the old days, three lawyers would have to fly in to Sibu for the five-minute session, and be out of the office for most of the day, waiting for a flight back to our respective home towns. Instead, we were all back in our offices (Sandhu was able to hop over to the Miri Court for a different trial) by 10am.

When I was a kid, the "future of law enforcement" was a tin-plated cyborg called "RoboCop". Now here I am, feeling really proud to be a part of the future of the judicial system. Thinking of all the savings in time, costs and greenhouse emissions, makes me smile...